The Santa Trap
The Santa Trap was a play about four naughty kids who never got presents but wanted them so badly they concocted a trap that caught Santa. They then demanded certain gifts for Christmas. But instead of extravagant presents, they got encyclopedias, soap, clean socks, and vegetables! And their goody-goody sister got good presents!
I think that this play was the best because of excellent acting, good placement on stage and brilliant queues. There wasn't a dull moment in this play, and I will give it a 10/10. It was performed to the highest quality and extremely entertaining.
Anyone For A Sandwich?
Anyone For A Sandwich was a very enjoyable play about four kids at a lunch table. Three of them had very fancy sandwiches and one of them had Marmite, peanut butter and jam sandwiches. All the other kids really wanted her sandwiches so she gave one of them the jam, one the peanut butter, and one the Marmite. But she had been saving a hundreds and thousands sandwich, which everyone chased her for.
This play was outstanding and very well acted, except that there were a few moments of silence and some stumbles over words. That is why I rate this play 9/10. It was a highly amusing play, well acted and the queues were great.
Problems At The Pole
I was the second main character in this play, so I know it a bit better. Problems At The Pole was a play in which Santa is glum about Christmas. Then, as he is packing his bag, Rudolph comes to the door and announces that the reindeer are going on strike. Then all the reindeer march in with placards saying Milk and Cakes! Then Mrs Claus (Me) gets mad at Santa (Luca) for eating heaps of muffins, scones, cakes and chocolate eclairs while Mrs Claus works for ages in the kitchen. Santa then says that he never gets presents for Christmas. Then the reindeer say that they got him a present!
This play wasn't performed to perfection so rate it 6.5/10.
Wasp Problem In Twizel.
In Twizel there are loads and loads of queen foraging for food for their young. You have to kill them because otherwise they attack and kill honey bees. Here are some facts about wasps:
Wasps are attracted to certain colours, especially white and yellow. Like most insects, they cannot see the colour red! So it would be worth investing in red clothing.
If a wasp does start getting too near, the worst thing you can do is start flapping and flailing your arms in a panic. Such movements only excite and enrage wasps, and make it much more likely that you will be stung. Instead, stay calm and still, or slowly walk away. And don’t, whatever you do, disturb their nests, which look like large, papery, grey pear drops. A wasp’s nest is his castle, and he will defend it with utmost ferocity. If you see a nest, leave it well alone.
There are some smells that wasps reputedly do not like, including eucalyptus, mint and wormwood. So try dabbing some eucalyptus oil around the table, and place a mint plant in the middle of it rather than a jug of flowers. If you do have wormwood — and not many of us grow it because it’s poisonous — then dried cuttings will help drive wasps away.
How to kill wasps:
Swat it.
Spray it with fly spray.
Suck it up with a vacuum cleaner.
Mix 2 cups of water with 30 drops of peppermint essential oil in a spray bottle. Spray this solution on wasps and nests. Consider mixing 2 Tbsp of shampoo or dish soap into the spray bottle.
At this time of year we may well find ourselves spending more time swatting wasps than eating
Spooky Poem
The night smothers the street in it's cloak of darkness.
The trees sway and swish in the chilled breeze.
Along the footpath ambles a man in a coal-black trench coat
He is the predator, you are the prey
His danger disguised by his saunter
You don't take any notice of him
Until he picks up his pace, just slightly...
He's slowly gaining on you,
Suddenly, a glint of light flashes off his knife!
Turn around, too late, metal meets flesh.
Searing pain, piercing screams.
Your drowning in a sea of agony.
Snap!, lights out.... Maths.
Here is a video on ratios:
Here is a cool song on ratios:
Conserving Artefacts.
Today I watched a video of Shelley in Antarctica interviewing the people preserving the objects in the huts in Antarctica.
She first talked to , who'd been working there for ten years. She'd started off as a librarian, but then got offered a job preserving very old books and artefacts in Antarctica. She then talked to two more people, one of them a first-timer in Antarctica. They a responsible for looking after 20,000 objects in all the huts in Antarctica.
She also talked to the man who drove from Auckland to Aoraki Mount Cook, who was working on the TAE base. He said there had been people working on the roof for a week or so and the temperatures had been around -30 degrees!
My Thoughts on Working in Antarctica.
I'm not really into preserving thousands of objects in Antarctica but I think it would be pretty sick working down there, or even VISITING there!
Donald Trump Wins Election!
TRUMP WINS US ELECTION!
I find out about Trump winning by watching it on TV. I was really shocked that he ACTUALLY won! My Opinion on Trump Winning Election.
I didn't WANT a specific candidate to win, I was just interested to see who did. If I had to vote, I would have gone with Hilary Clinton. It's quite hard to decide because while Donald Trump is racist and sexist, Clinton is a war monger, and heaps of Americans would die in war if Clinton became President.
I'm not really worried or scared because I don't think he will affect me in New Zealand. Iv'e heard that Trump rigged the election!
Siblings: June Hillary, Rex Hillary
Children: Peter Hillary, Belinda Hillary, Sarah Hillary
Sir Edmund Hillary was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953 he reached the summit of Mt Everest with Tenzing Norgay.
He made his first major climb in 1939, reaching the summit of Mt Ollivier.
It all began when I rounded the last corner on my walk home from school. It had been a very normal school day, and I was expecting the afternoon to be as usual. But as soon as I stepped into my driveway, I felt this weird eerie feeling. It was a strange feeling, it was almost... almost like HAUNTING me. As I grabbed the spare key from under the.. wait.. I'm not gonna tell you where it is. Anyway, I tried to push the key into the door but it wouldn't fit. There was this murky, gooey stuff in the keyhole! What was it? I turned it up the other way and it still wouldn't fit. So I wander around to my window and... Bingo! It's open a crack. I climb onto the air conditioning box and open the window all the way. I climb in, chuck my bag on the floor and... SCREAM!!! The creepy feeling from before has multiplied by TEN! I check all around my room for anything terrifying, but it's completely normal. My nerves are shot to bits though. I decide to just get myself something to eat. I tried to push my door open but it's jammed. I kick it and it flies off it's hinges! The whole door is twisted and broken. The dust settles and I what I see is CHILLING. The goo that was in the keyhole is now all over the table, floor, chairs, bench, everything! There's also this monstrous, ghostly figure emerging from the kitchen... I'm having trouble breathing now, I'm so scared!
Suddenly I'm in my bed, drenched in sweat. ' It's just a dream, just a dream' I tink..... wait a moment, my door's lying on the floor, smashed up....
Learning cool science!
Term 4 Goals:
-Do well in cross country
-Do well in athletics
-Do well in outdoor ED week Darby The Skiing Dragon.
It was a bleak, windy day in the manager's office at Ohau Ski Field when he heard and FELT the ground around him
I Got My New GoPro!
Last Friday I got my new GoPro, the Hero 5 Black! I'd been saving FOREVER! I broke my previous GoPro in late July, when I had it mounted on my scooter. I then went to Harvey Norman to try get a refund. I had to wait a few weeks to know if I would get my money back. It turns that I did! I used my refund($220) to go towards my new GoPro. So far, I really like my new one, because it has a touchscreen on the back and it has very good slow motion. I am going to use it to make more YouTube videos. The next GoPro related item I'm going to buy is the Karma Grip. It is the gimbal off the Karma Drone that you connect to a Grip which has controls for your GoPro. It uses image stabilisation to make your video buttery smooth. Water Challenge
The Benefits of Drinking Water -
Bacteria in your mouth eats sugar in your food or drink. It then converts it into acid plaque, which makes the hard layers of the enamel and dentin to soften, causing cavities.
Increases energy and relieves fatigue.
Promotes weight loss.
Flushes out toxins.
Boosts immune system.
I always drink water so this challenge will be very easy. I think that for people who drink sugary drinks this challenge will be quite hard because the water wouldn't taste like anything, and most sugary drinks are flavoured.
Questions for Smaug Attacks
Who is the main character in this description?
Smaug the Dragon is the main character. How do we know that the description in fantasy?
It is fantasy because dragons are not real and they do not attack villagers firing arrows at it. What do you think is the writers purpose in this description?
To make the readers feel like this was in the old days, because nowadays people would use shotguns and tasers instead of bows and arrows. As the dragon attacks the town, which of his actions do you find the most exciting?
When the dragon swoops down into all the arrows and shoots all the fire at the houses. Did you enjoy reading this description? Why or Why Not?
I enjoyed reading this because it was action packed and had heaps of action words. Cool Antarctica Facts: If Antarctica's ice sheets melted, the worlds oceans would rise by 60 to 65 meters (200 - 210ft) - everywhere. 16/ Antarctica is the only continent with no native species of ants.
Scott Base was made in 1957 as a science and environmental base for scientists. Scott Base is owned by New Zealand and is named after British explorer Captain Robert Scott. http://www.antarcticanz.govt.nz/scott-base
Antarctica is located at the bottom of the globe. It contains the geographic south pole and magnetic south pole. Antarctica is the coldest, driest, and windiest continent and has the highest average elevation of all continents. Antarctica is a desert, with an annual rain fall of 200mm. There are 135 permanent residents, but any where from 1000 to 5000 people go there to the scientific research stations.
How many layers of clothing do you need to wear outside in Antarctica?
What kind of wildlife do you see down there?
What kind of qualifications do you need to do your work?
What do you like most about Antarctica?
Physical conditions:
It contains the geographic south pole and magnetic south pole. Antarctica is the coldest, driest, and windiest continent and has the highest average elevation of all continents. Antarctica is a desert, with an annual rain fall of 200mm.
What I found interesting about the video:
I thought it was cool that we get to go to Antarctica because it would be interesting to to learn what it is like in a very cold climate. What are you most looking forward to:
I'm looking forward to taking photos and videos there because I could get some good shots and if it would be pretty cool to do some POV shots of doing whatever we need to do down there.
What do you think you will learn:
I think I will learn about Antarctic wildlife and how to survive in such a harsh climate.
Write a description of what should be the TAS ambassador and it's name:
I think it should be one of the Dojo monsters we made in Sewing Tech. We should choose
What I Cook At Home.
I don't cook at home very much at all, but I usually just
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I could see the skin all cankered and worm-eaten, as though maggots were working away in there.
What I Already Know:
It is South of New Zealand.
The geographic and magnetic south poles are in it.
It is a desert because it is very dry and it hardly rains.
It had the coldest temperature in it, -89.2 degrees.
Someone drove a tractor to the south pole.
An Air New Zealand plane crashed into Mt Erebus.
Info I wasn't aware of
On the morning of 28 November 1979, Air New Zealand Flight TE901 left Mangere airport, Auckland, for an 11-hour return sightseeing flight to Antarctica. At 12.49 p.m. (NZST), the aircraft crashed into the lower slopes of Mt Erebus killing all 237 passengers and 20 crew on board. It was the worst civil disaster in New Zealand's history.
What I Already Know About Antarctica:
It is South of New Zealand.
The geographic and magnetic south poles are in it.
It is a desert.
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It had the coldest temperature in it, -89.2 degrees.
Someone drove a tractor to the south pole.
What I Already Know About Dairy Farms:
It is NZ's biggest export industry.
They make milk cheese butter cream and beef and steak.
Term 3Evaluation
In term 3 I liked Snow Club because it was something new, and because I got better at skiing. I really enjoyed P.E be
Important Information My Baby-Sitter Needs To Know.
To Baby-sitter, I am allergic to Dairy, Nuts, Gluten, and Pollen. I am anaphylactic to Peanuts, Hazel nuts and Milk. I carry around two EpiPens, and if I get bad hay fever then I have antihistamine tablets.
Something I Learned Outside of School.
I have learned how to make good movies outside of school. When I got my first GoPro I started to make home-movies, for relatives, or for school, or to show my friends, and, lately, for competitions. I usually use Movie Maker to create them, but since I downloaded GoPro Studio, Iv'e been using that.
But, unfortunately, I had my GoPro mounted on my scooter, and when I took it off, the left mounting nut snapped off! I was really disappointed, so I took it in to Harvey Norman, where I bought it, and they said they could either refund it, or put it onto another
The Digi Awards
The Canterbury Digi Awards is a competition for making movie making, green-screen, and a few other 'techy' categories. The organizer of the event usually doesn't let schools out of Christchurch enter, but the organizer saw one of my movies and said that TAS could enter!
I entered in the Movie Making category, and this year the theme was 'Be The Change'. I did a movie called Shop Local. A few weeks ago my Mum and I went to Burnside High school for the awards ceremony. There was a HUGE amphitheatre, and I got called onto the stage, and got SECOND, out of Heaps of entries! I won a load of Mars bars and a certificate, and my Mum got a drink bottle and some pens because we were from Twizel.
I wanted to enter next year but I then realised that the age groups end at year 8! I recommend that anyone that's into Movie making, Digital Sandpit, Digital Art, Website Creation or Green screen from year 1-8 should enter this!
We get to use computers a lot, which is cool because we can listen to music and it's easier than hand-writing.
My house is close so it doesn't take long to bike to school.
Our school goes skiing and snowboarding a lot at Ohau.
We do a lot of sports at T.A.S, and that's good for me because I love sports, but it would be bad for a non-sporty person!
We have really cool camps.
We have really big classrooms.
In Term 3 I Have Been STRIVING in...
Skiing. At the start of the ski season I wasn't all that good at ski turns, so I wanted to get learn how to improve my turns and posture when I skiing.
I have also been striving in Options. I am doing Spanish in Options and at the start of the Semester I really wanted to learn it because I knew I got a lot out of learning German last year. So far I have quite a lot from online courses and websites.
Adios! -Daniel
The History of Electricity.
The first paragraph in my DEAR book just now is...
Light breezes swept the dunes of Turtle Beach. Gentle gusts that spun eddies in the bone-white sand before whistling into the dark woods beyond.
The sky was enormous, black and moonless. Though well past sun-set, the air remained muggy, thick and warm. Another quiet night on Loggerhead. But not business as usual. Spelling Test Today:
I got 9/10 words correct today. This is the word I'm still working on is......
Development
Accomplish
Calendar
Changeable
Criticise
Development
Disappear
I Accomplished my school project.
I bought a Calendar for $10.
The weather at Ohau is Changeable.
I had to Criticize their food.
My Opinion On Having Italian Students.
I enjoyed having Italian students because I learnt a bit of Italian culture and language. I think that the school should continue doing this. My Science work this term
In science at the start of the term we were learning about the mission to go to mars.
A few weeks ago we were told to chose ANY experiment and do it, either in a pair or by yourself. I chose to test 4 different ways to make diamonds. I got the instructions off the internet, I wanted to know if they would work and make diamonds. After a while I chose not to test one of the ways because I'm sure it's fake.
The 2.62-carat diamond Calvin Mills bought his fiancée in November is a stunner. Pear-shaped and canary-yellow, the gem cost $22,000. A bargain. Mills, the chief executive officer of CMC Technology Consulting in Baton Rouge, La., says he could have spent tens of thousands more on a comparably sized diamond mined out of the earth, but his came from a lab. “I got more diamond for less money,” says the former Southern University football player, who proposed last year at halftime during one of his alma mater’s games at the Superdome in New Orleans. While man-made gems make up just a fraction of the $80 billion global diamond market, demand is increasing as buyers look for stones that are cheaper—and free of ethical taint. Human-rights groups, with help from Hollywood, have popularized the term “blood diamonds” to call attention to the role diamond mining has played in fueling conflicts in Africa. Unlike imitation diamonds such as cubic zirconia, stones that are “grown” (the nascent industry’s preferred term) in labs have the same physical characteristics and chemical makeup as the real thing. They’re made from a carbon seed placed in a microwave chamber with methane or another carbon-containing gas and superheated into a glowing plasma ball. That creates particles that crystallize into diamonds, a process that can take 10 weeks. The technology has progressed to the point that experts need a machine to tell synthesized gems apart from those extracted from mines or rivers.
What I Know About Italy.
I know that Italians are very good at skiing. They are also good at making pasta, and making pizza.
Italy is shaped like a boot and is in Europe. Italy's flag is green, white and red. There are 53 million people in Italy, 13 times more that NZ.
In Italy there is the leaning tower of Pisa My Book
I am reading The Elementia Chronichles, by Sean Fay Wolfe. I'm up to page 175 and, so far, it's been a pretty good read. It is an unofficial In the Moment
I am an Olympic Trampoliner.
I could hear the crowd shouting and cheering, as I stood on the Trampoline.
I could see the stadium packed with people.
I could taste the salty tang of nervous in my mouth.
I could smell the Brazilian pollution.
I could feel the trampoline material under my feet. All About Me
In my spare time I like to take photos and videos on my GoPro and I love to edit them. I also like to do big jumps on anything, such as bikes, skis, scooters or practically anything with wheels. Snow Club
On Friday I went to Ohau to go skiing. I was really nervous because I hadn't done snow club before. But luckily the snow was great and the skiers got free time first. I got some good footage on my GoPro as well. TERM 2 150 Items
Money
Shirt
Shirt
Shirt
Shirt
Shirt
Shirt
Shirt
Shirt
Shirt
Shirt
Pants
Pants
Pants
Pants
Pants
GoPro
GoPro Accessories
Bed
Car
House
Fat Joe
Computer
Phone
MP3 Player
TV
Surround sound
Socks
Calling all Kids!!! Today at 1.30 pm!!!
Are you Bored? Sick of Being Stuck inside? Well, come to Kids Badminton at the Events Centre!!! 1.30pm To 2.30pm Today!!!
Ages: 8+ Years
Cost: $3
TELL YOUR FRIENDS!!!
TODAY ONLY!
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Awesome Shout out Daniel!! I hope some Room 15 students went along. Great activity to do in this winter weather we are having!!! This Semester
The best things this Semester was:
Camp
P.E
The Play
What I'm looking forward to... Snow Club, Going to Australia. Art this term and last term.
In art I like to doodle and paint. I liked the Graffiti project but I stuffed up. Cool. What happened this term:
Duntroon
Oamaru Museums
Corbyn leaving.
Bishal leaving.
What I want to win in a Raffle.
Some Chocolates.
Some packets of chips.
Some lollies.
Some juice.
Some Ice cream.
Tuna.
Toilet Paper.
Sausages.
Steak.
Pens, Pencils.
Matariki is the Māori name for the cluster of stars also known as the Pleiades. It rises in mid-winter – late May or early June. For many Māori, it heralds the start of a new year. Matariki literally means the 'eyes of god' (mata ariki) or 'little eyes' (mata riki)
The Museum Mystery
It all started when I was in the museum basement using my camera on black and white mode. On the screen it showed a small square hatch in the wall. It appeared that someone had tried to cover it up but only in vain. I wandered over to the small door, invisible to the naked eye. Pushing on it, I hear it creaking. I give it a shove and it slowly opens inwards. It looks big enough to fit me so I wriggle into inside. There is a small tunnel before it opens into a full-blown cavern! I stood up in it and looked around in awe. I was standing in a octagonal chamber. Suddenly I felt my feet slipping from the from the floor. It was a Zero-Gravity Hall! Duntroon Winter Sports Day
The day started with a bitter cold morning with frost on the ground. After roll call in the MP room some of the room 15 students trudged out to one of the small vans. Just as we were leaving, Nathaniel turned up running after the van! luckily we spotted him in time and he was numbered and put inside our van. After about half an hour the windows thawed enough for us to see out of them.
Once in Duntroon, we clambered out onto the school grounds. We were assembled on the courts and told where we had to go. First up for me was Soccer. We played a game and the goals were facing away from each other! I thought it was quite fun. Next it was Taekwondo and I learned two kinds of punches and two kicks. After that it was golf. We had to cross the road to get there because it was on the soccer fields. We had to hit targets in partners and see who could get closest. Then lunch and then netball.
Overall, I thought it was a really cool day.
To see what we did in the vans, click this link:
Forrester Gallery - I thought it was a pretty good start to the trip with some really intriguing items from refugees like a protest shirt and a bracelet made of drain pipe!
North Otago - It was a bit cramped but they still got some cool stuff in there like a few printing presses and some greenstone tools.
Oamaru Prehistoric World - Prehistoric World was my favourite museum because it had lots of really cool exhibits such as a Harley Davidson, a red Tyrannosaurus Rex and a lots of metal people and wolf-men.
Duntroon Vanished world - The curator of this museum, John Hore, came in on a day when it was closed to open it for us to
The Place I Would Most Like to Live
Would be Fiordland because it is cold and isolated and I love that. And I would go swimming in the water as well. And I would have a pet seal. I would name him Freddy. I would have a little Bach on the beach and go fishing, hunting and gold panning.
My 4 questions:
North Otago Museum: What is the most expensive item in your collection? Forrester Art gallery:How often do artists bring stuff in? Oamaru prehistoric world: How do you get the bones? Duntroon Fossil world: Where do you get the fossil stone from?
I took this photo on the way to Oamaru:
The naughtiest thing I have ever done:
At my 11th birthday party, someone got me a Frisbee ring and we were throwing it around in the greenway, when I threw onto someone's roof. So Jack A and I climbed through a hole in their fence. I suggested that we should check their garage for a ladder (P.S we didn't know the owners). I tried the handle and it clicked open. I pushed it fully open and looked around for a ladder with Jack. There was one leaning against the far wall, so I carried it over to the side of the house. Jack steadied the ladder while I scrambled up their roof to the top and grabbed my Frisbee. I threw it down and quickly climbed down the ladder. We put it back in the garage and ran back to my house.
What I would like to learn about.
Do museum night-guards sleep at the museum.
Is Night at the Museum real?
Trampers in Central Otago by Colin Wheeler
This is a cool painting by Colin Wheeler
This is my favourite of his.
This is my fave ad at the moment:
This is my fave song:
The Prince and the Albatross Egg 1994.
The video conference began with a girl from Halfway Bush School explaining the nesting habits at the Royal Albatross colony at the Otago Peninsula.
Prince Charles arrived and sat down quietly amongst the Wellington children and listened. Then he took a microphone and began asking questions.
"What is the wing-span of the adult Albatross?"
"Up to three point five metres," they all answered together.
"And how big is an Albatross Egg?"
The Dunedin children held one up in front of the Television camera. The Prince noted that it was very big - No room for 2 eggs in an Albatross nest.
Then came an unexpected Royal question.
"Can you eat an Albatross egg, do you think?"
There was a long silence. No one in New Zealand would think of eating a Royal Albatross egg. There are only a few nesting pares in New Zealand, and we are carefully protecting them. But other Albatross eggs? On sub-Antarctic islands where they are common?
Nobody knew the answer - except me. I was dying to butt in. I had lived on Albatross and Penguin eggs while teaching in the Falkland islands. Huge eggs that filled a dinner plate, and turned into a heavy transparent jelly when cooked. Eggs with a distinctly fishy flavour . Good Virtual Museum Links:
Hanging out with my Freighbours (Friends/Neighbours)
Play GEFS (Google Earth Flying Simulator)
Sit by the fire
Jump off my shipping container
Watch The Middle
You Chose:
How to Play Agar.io
Type agar.io into google.
Enter a nickname, such as your'e name
Press play as guest.
Use the mouse to control the cell.
Avoid other cells as they can eat you.
Steer towards the smaller cells to eat them and grow larger.
Press Space to split and W to feed.
This a cool video a found.
Term 2 goals
Concentrate on my drama homework.
Get my home-room H.W done and in on time.
Maintain stanine 9.
TERM 1 Term 1 Summary
This term kicked off with camp. I'm sure everyone had a blast, even if the tramp was harder than last year with two nights.
Next there was the Harold van, which taught us about drugs and what they can do to your body and mind.
Then came Nukes, Easter holiday and, finally, End of term clean up!
Overall I think term 1 has been pretty awesome! Term 1 Goals:
-Learn how to do multiplication algorithms.
-Try to get lots of Class Dojo points.
-To get high test scores.
My likes and dislikes Likes:
Photography (especially with Gopros)
Computer games
Soccer
Cricket
Watching the sun rise(Even better over the ocean)
Soft Ball
Drawing
Reading
Writing
The middle
The Simpsons
Winter
Rain
Snow
Hail
Swimming at the river or the Old Iron Bridge
P.E with Fergy
The cold days when you have to bike to school and your hands freeze
Bacon
Dislikes:
Broccoli
Late sleep-ins
Hard homework
Wind
Summer
Heat
Dryness
I am the oldest in my family.
What's annoying about being the oldest is that whenever you want to go somewhere with your friends your brother always has to come with you. Last year I'd go to the bmx track at the river, and Mum said that Jamie had to go with me. I get
That would be me, except that I'm too short to lean on my brother!
I took the tree test and What type of tree would you be? Your Result: Pine
86% You are somewhat of a loner, but when you do make a friend, it lasts a long time. You stay green all year?? You are a bit prickly at times but overall a good person.
62%Redwood
54%Maple
50%Palm
48%Oak
This song is about trees. The sacred tree at Uppsala was a sacred tree located at the Temple at Uppsala, Sweden, in the second half of the 11th century. It is not known what species it was, but a scholar has suggested that it was a yew tree.[1][2] It is even more sparsely documented than the famous temple by which it stood. In the 1070s, the writer of a scholium in Adam of Bremen's Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum explained:
Near that temple is a very large tree with widespread branches which are always green both in winter and summer. What kind of tree it is nobody knows. There is also a spring there where the pagan are accustomed to perform sacrifices and to immerse a human being alive. As long as his body is not found, the request of the people will be fulfilled.[3]
The description of the tree and the location of a well nearby are reminiscent of the evergreen, Yggdrasil, which stood above the Well of Urd, and it is possible that the Swedes consciously had created a copy of the world of their Norse gods at Uppsala.[4]
Image showing the sacred tree to the right of the temple, from Olaus Magnus' Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus (1555). To the right of the tree is a depiction of a man being sacrificed in the spring. The later Icelandic source, Hervarar saga, contains a description of how the tree was used in the pagan rites, concerning an event taking place only a few years after the scholium was written. It is in reference to the ancientIndo-European ritual of horse sacrifice:
Svein, the King's brother-in-law, remained behind in the assembly, and offered the Swedes to do sacrifices on their behalf if they would give him the Kingdom. They all agreed to accept Svein's offer, and he was then recognized as King over all Sweden. A horse was then brought to the assembly and hewn in pieces and cut up for eating, and the sacred tree was smeared with blood. Then all the Swedes abandoned Christianity, and sacrifices started again. They drove King Ingi away; and he went into Västergötland.[5]
Yggdrasil (/ˈɪɡdrəsɪl/ or /ˈɪɡdrəzɪl/; from Old NorseYggdrasill, pronounced [ˈyɡːˌdrasilː]) is an immense mythical tree that connects the nine worlds in Norse cosmology. Yggdrasil is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. In both sources, Yggdrasil is an immense ash tree that is central and considered very holy. The gods go to Yggdrasil daily to assemble at their things. The branches of Yggdrasil extend far into the heavens, and the tree is supported by three roots that extend far away into other locations; one to the well Urðarbrunnr in the heavens, one to the spring Hvergelmir, and another to the well Mímisbrunnr. Creatures live within Yggdrasil, including the wyrm (dragon) Níðhöggr, an unnamed eagle, and the stags Dáinn, Dvalinn, Duneyrr and Duraþrór. Conflicting scholarly theories have been proposed about the etymology of the name Yggdrasill, the possibility that the tree is of another species than ash, the relation to tree lore and to Eurasianshamanic lore, the possible relation to the treesMímameiðr and Læraðr, Hoddmímis holt, the sacred tree at Uppsala, and the fate of Yggdrasil during the events of Ragnarök. The égig érő fa ("sky-high tree"), also called életfa ("tree of life"), világfa ("world tree"), or tetejetlen fa ("tree without a top"), is an element of Hungarian shamanism and native faith, and a typical element of Hungarian folk art and folk tales, and also a distinct folk tale type. Several of these tales have versions in the Transylvanian, German, Romanian, Romani, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian,Turkish and other cultures in Asia, but the origin of the Hungarian tales goes back to the táltos traditions of Hungarians. The "táltosok" (shamans) are the humans who are entitled to climb up the égig érő fa and wander in the seven or nine layers of the sky. One version of these tale is about the "kiskondás" (small swineherd) who climbs up the tree to save the princess who is held captive by a dragon (as told in the Világhírű Szép Miklós tale). The tree is a frequent element of certain funny tales, in which for example a gypsy climbs up into the heaven and then down into the hell. The world tree often grows out of a reindeer or a horse. It often carries among its branches the Sun and the Moon. This latter concept is typical of Uralic and Siberian people. The tree often stands on the world mountain, with its top in the sky and its roots in hell, where snakes and toads live. In the tales birds often sit on the tree, for example eagles, hawks or the mythical Hungarian bird, the turul.
Chinese legend has it that the money tree (搖錢樹) is a kind of holy tree, which can bring money and fortune to the people, and that it is a symbol of affluence, nobility and auspiciousness. It can be traced back to primitive societies when the adoration of a holy tree was prevalent. Whilst Money trees may be derived from the Sun tree myth associated with paradise, the coins link paradise with a material bounty in this world.[1] There also exists a holy tree named Chinese Hibiscus in Chinese mythology. According to the existing historical narratives, the concept of the "money tree" is derived at the latest from the Han Dynasty.[2] Cast-bronze money trees are a conspicuous feature of Han tombs in Sichuan.
What I Thought About Teaching the Students Decimals.
I think I did alright as a teacher, but I'm not sure all of the students paid attention.
The Nukes captured me almost as soon as they started strumming their ukuleles and singing. The first song was my favourite, because the sound was so deep and captivating. I was bewildered by the fast ukulele playing. I think Ben won, but the judges picked Snapper instead!
To sum it up, it was absolutely AMAZING!!!
This is me, with my new high score in agar.io. In case you are wondering, I played it on a different website, that's why the score is a weird font and the red is bad. I was 27k but I fed most of my mass into that experimental thing.IF YOU THINK THIS IS ME THEN POST " YES " ON MY DISCUSSION AT THE BOTTOM OF MY PAGE. POST " NO " IF YOU DO NOT THINK IT'S ME.
Easter to me was when my Aunty, Uncle and their children come to and stay at my house and we go jet boating at the lake. We have an easter egg hunt and a bar of chocolate under my pillow.
Easter to me this year is staying in our tent on the lawn with my cousins, chocolate and biscuiting.
I think it will be a lot of fun and I hope I get a go the skis at Lake Ruataniwha. Iv'e done a few times and it's really exciting!
The perfect easter for me would be an easter egg hunt in the trees on and around Man-Made Hill, jet boating and then going to the Club in the evening.
Competition entry for "my region"
My Photo:
Ahuriri mountains
My favourite place in New Zealand is the Ahuriri valley. I went there with my Dad earlier in the year, and stayed in our tent. There was lightning and thunder clapping over our heads, the roar of the river and the crickets chirping loudly beside our ears. At four in the morning I woke up and watched the clouds whizzing past. When the moon came out, it illuminated the entire landscape around me.
I shot this photo two days later, further up the valley. I tried to get the plants in the foreground and the mountains in, so it looked more like a nature photo.
My favourite colour is purple.
My favourite tv show is The Middle.
My favourite food is tuna and bacon.
My favourite thing to do is take photos and videos on my Gopro and edit them on my computer. In the weekend I went to Oamaru to get a blood test for my allergies, and then bought clothes and stayed at my Nana's house, while my grandparents weren't there. The next day my brother and I went to the skate-park instead of following Mum around in Farmers. After that we went back home for lunch. Later on we went to the park down the hill to kick a ball around. We all took turns being goalie and I twisted my ankle when I dived to save a shot by my Brother. Then we wandered to the playground and I went down the big tunnel slide when it was dark. Next we went to Dick Smith and my Mum bought me an SP Remote Pole for my Gopro (Oliver will probably know what this is), so I guess it was a pretty good way to spend the weekend and, also, the weather was great!
It's after school on Friday and my Dad and I are driving up the rough Ahuriri valley over the potholes, ditches and ruts in the gravel road. About 7 kms before the Ahuriri Base Hut there's a sign that says The Road Beyond this Point is not Maintained by the Council. The road gets rougher and rougher until we have to drive along a dry river bed and then, finally I can see the hut that we're are going to stay at. I go inside the hut and sign the visitors book, then I go and have a look at the fallen, smashed-up rotten trees out the back of the hut. One of them has fallen so close to the hut that the corner of the roof is bent. First we set up the tent in front of the hut beside the truck, so that we have a windbreak, encase the wind gets up in the night. Next,we set up the gas cooker on the deck outside the hut. We fry up some tempeh, rice and tuna. I walk down the rutted track to the fence and then in a turn three hundred and sixty degree circle, to look at the mountains. I can see all the way down the valley to the Omarama hills. I turn the other way and I can see the black clouds brewing at the head of the valley, and it doesn't take much brain power to imagine it's pouring down up there. By the time I get back to the hut, Dad's made me a hot chocolate. I wrap my hands around the hot cup and take a sip.
Every time the lightning flashes, it lights up the tent and I count until I hear the thunder. Usually the time difference was around 15 seconds but one time it was only about 6 seconds. The next morning we have breakfast and the pack our bags with all the gear we will need for the tramp. After about half an hour sorting through food and water, we set off in the truck towards a sign that says Top Dingle Burn Hut, 3 hrs. Dad says "I think we'll walk to the top of the ridge and then we will decide if we'll go down to the hut." Instead of walking up to the trees we drove up there over the tussock to a gate with a sign on it that says Top Dingle Burn Hut,2 hrs 15 mins."Wow!" I say "we've saved 45 minutes". After a few minutes we start walking, straight into a steep hill and after 30 seconds my calf's are burning!
Half way up the Ahuriri side of the ridge, we stop for a break and a barley sugar. I take some photos of the view and then I turn around and all I see is mountain, mountain, mountain. I feel boosted up as I start climbing again, but almost straight away the track goes into a very steep section of the track, with a scree slide covering the track from where I'm standing to the next corner, which is about 150 metres away. As I'm scrambling across the scree, the wind swirls around at breakneck speed, so I crouch down and slump into the rocks, so that the wind doesn't blow me over the cliff twenty centimetres to my left. Once the wind has died down I continue across the scree. Fifteen minutes later I can see the last stretch of the path leading to the top of the ridge. I power walk the last hundred metres, then as I come over the top I get blasted with wind so I run to a ditch and lay down out of the wind. Dad comes over and we make some lunch out of leftovers from last night and bread. Iv'e never eaten a sandwich that tasted so good before. After lunch I put on a hunting jacket, woolly hat, and thermals because the howling wind is absolutely FREEZING! Dad and I walk along the ridge until we find a sheltered spot to lay down on the bouncy bushes that cover the entire place. Dad gets out the binoculars and hands them to me, then he unfurls a map of the area and we figure out which peaks are which on the map. Most of the time we can tell which is which but sometimes we have to use the binos to spot if a mountain across the valley is behind or in front of another mountain. Only some of the peaks had names like Mt St Mary or Puke Makariri, but most of them were just a dot with a height beside it on our topographical map.
We're halfway down the mountain and I'm taking a drink from a drink from a small creek that runs nearly from the top of the hill to the bottom. By the time it gets to the bottom it'll be a lot bigger though. The front of my thighs are burning from a couple of hours of downhill tramping with a heavy pack on my back. The trees at the bottom are so close they're almost a stone's throw away, so I power the rest of the way to the trees.
After finding a suitable spot to set up the tent Dad went and collected some big rocks to act as a wind break for our little gas cooker. Meanwhile, I unpack our sleeping bags and mats, and set them up inside inside the tent. After that I got dinner on and we ate while sitting on our packs.
After dinner I read in the tent on my sleeping mat for about half an hour, then we got out and I had a hot chocolate while Dad had a cup of tea. Next we went up the mound beside the tent and had a look up though the trees at the mountain we climbed. I wonder back down to the tent and get into my sleeping bag before Dad does, but I'm asleep by the time he comes in.
I wake to the sound of the river 80 metres away. I lie in for a while, before Dad wakes up and heads outside. I follow him and, somehow he's managed to put a pot of water on the cooker in the thirty seconds it took me to get out of the tent. Dad tells me to go and cut off a 'v' shaped branch from a tree. It takes a while but eventually I get one suitable for toasting bread. I balance the bread on the stick and hold it above the cooker, frequently checking it encase it burns. Once it's done, it's really just heated bread, but it's better that nothing. I spread some jam on the next bit of toast and it makes it taste a bit better. After that I suggest that we should toast a muesli bar. It tasted really nice with a crunchy outside and a gooey inside. Then we pack up the tent and start stuffing our things back in our packs for the walk down to the truck. That was the story of my tramp and hope you enjoyed it!
I am not going on camp and tramp so I will go on my own tramp with my dad up the Ahuriri valley and I will sleep two nights in a tent.
Hello everyone and welcome to my 2016 wiki page!!
In science we are learning about pendulums and we are timing the swings.
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THAT Letter...
Last year I got given THAT letter, and when I got home I left on the bench, so that my Mum could "Accidently" find it. When she did find it, she asked me when it was and I just told her to read it.
PLAYS
The Santa Trap
The Santa Trap was a play about four naughty kids who never got presents but wanted them so badly they concocted a trap that caught Santa. They then demanded certain gifts for Christmas. But instead of extravagant presents, they got encyclopedias, soap, clean socks, and vegetables! And their goody-goody sister got good presents!
I think that this play was the best because of excellent acting, good placement on stage and brilliant queues. There wasn't a dull moment in this play, and I will give it a 10/10. It was performed to the highest quality and extremely entertaining.
Anyone For A Sandwich?
Anyone For A Sandwich was a very enjoyable play about four kids at a lunch table. Three of them had very fancy sandwiches and one of them had Marmite, peanut butter and jam sandwiches. All the other kids really wanted her sandwiches so she gave one of them the jam, one the peanut butter, and one the Marmite. But she had been saving a hundreds and thousands sandwich, which everyone chased her for.
This play was outstanding and very well acted, except that there were a few moments of silence and some stumbles over words. That is why I rate this play 9/10. It was a highly amusing play, well acted and the queues were great.
Problems At The Pole
I was the second main character in this play, so I know it a bit better. Problems At The Pole was a play in which Santa is glum about Christmas. Then, as he is packing his bag, Rudolph comes to the door and announces that the reindeer are going on strike. Then all the reindeer march in with placards saying Milk and Cakes! Then Mrs Claus (Me) gets mad at Santa (Luca) for eating heaps of muffins, scones, cakes and chocolate eclairs while Mrs Claus works for ages in the kitchen. Santa then says that he never gets presents for Christmas. Then the reindeer say that they got him a present!
This play wasn't performed to perfection so rate it 6.5/10.
Wasp Problem In Twizel.
In Twizel there are loads and loads of queen foraging for food for their young. You have to kill them because otherwise they attack and kill honey bees. Here are some facts about wasps:
Wasps are attracted to certain colours, especially white and yellow. Like most insects, they cannot see the colour red! So it would be worth investing in red clothing.
If a wasp does start getting too near, the worst thing you can do is start flapping and flailing your arms in a panic. Such movements only excite and enrage wasps, and make it much more likely that you will be stung. Instead, stay calm and still, or slowly walk away.
And don’t, whatever you do, disturb their nests, which look like large, papery, grey pear drops. A wasp’s nest is his castle, and he will defend it with utmost ferocity. If you see a nest, leave it well alone.
There are some smells that wasps reputedly do not like, including eucalyptus, mint and wormwood. So try dabbing some eucalyptus oil around the table, and place a mint plant in the middle of it rather than a jug of flowers. If you do have wormwood — and not many of us grow it because it’s poisonous — then dried cuttings will help drive wasps away.
How to kill wasps:
Spooky Poem
The night smothers the street in it's cloak of darkness.
The trees sway and swish in the chilled breeze.
Along the footpath ambles a man in a coal-black trench coat
He is the predator, you are the prey
His danger disguised by his saunter
You don't take any notice of him
Until he picks up his pace, just slightly...
He's slowly gaining on you,
Suddenly, a glint of light flashes off his knife!
Turn around, too late, metal meets flesh.
Searing pain, piercing screams.
Your drowning in a sea of agony.
Snap!, lights out....
Maths.
Here is a video on ratios:
Here is a cool song on ratios:
Conserving Artefacts.
Today I watched a video of Shelley in Antarctica interviewing the people preserving the objects in the huts in Antarctica.
She first talked to , who'd been working there for ten years. She'd started off as a librarian, but then got offered a job preserving very old books and artefacts in Antarctica. She then talked to two more people, one of them a first-timer in Antarctica. They a responsible for looking after 20,000 objects in all the huts in Antarctica.
She also talked to the man who drove from Auckland to Aoraki Mount Cook, who was working on the TAE base. He said there had been people working on the roof for a week or so and the temperatures had been around -30 degrees!
My Thoughts on Working in Antarctica.
I'm not really into preserving thousands of objects in Antarctica but I think it would be pretty sick working down there, or even VISITING there!
TRUMP WINS US ELECTION!
I find out about Trump winning by watching it on TV. I was really shocked that he ACTUALLY won!
My Opinion on Trump Winning Election.
I didn't WANT a specific candidate to win, I was just interested to see who did. If I had to vote, I would have gone with Hilary Clinton. It's quite hard to decide because while Donald Trump is racist and sexist, Clinton is a war monger, and heaps of Americans would die in war if Clinton became President.
I'm not really worried or scared because I don't think he will affect me in New Zealand. Iv'e heard that Trump rigged the election!
This is a really cool logic game:
http://www.coolmath-games.com/0-whats-inside-the-box
Sir Edmund Hilary Info.
http://www.siredmundhillary.com/banknote.htm
Born: July 20 1919
Died: January 11 2008
Siblings: June Hillary, Rex Hillary
Children: Peter Hillary, Belinda Hillary, Sarah Hillary
Sir Edmund Hillary was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953 he reached the summit of Mt Everest with Tenzing Norgay.
He made his first major climb in 1939, reaching the summit of Mt Ollivier.
Fantasy Description Words:
Chilling.
Ghostly.
Creepy.
Monstrous.
Murky.
Eerie.
Haunting.
Terrifying.
Twisted.
Weird.
It all began when I rounded the last corner on my walk home from school. It had been a very normal school day, and I was expecting the afternoon to be as usual. But as soon as I stepped into my driveway, I felt this weird eerie feeling. It was a strange feeling, it was almost... almost like HAUNTING me. As I grabbed the spare key from under the.. wait.. I'm not gonna tell you where it is. Anyway, I tried to push the key into the door but it wouldn't fit. There was this murky, gooey stuff in the keyhole! What was it? I turned it up the other way and it still wouldn't fit. So I wander around to my window and... Bingo! It's open a crack. I climb onto the air conditioning box and open the window all the way. I climb in, chuck my bag on the floor and... SCREAM!!! The creepy feeling from before has multiplied by TEN! I check all around my room for anything terrifying, but it's completely normal. My nerves are shot to bits though. I decide to just get myself something to eat. I tried to push my door open but it's jammed. I kick it and it flies off it's hinges! The whole door is twisted and broken. The dust settles and I what I see is CHILLING. The goo that was in the keyhole is now all over the table, floor, chairs, bench, everything! There's also this monstrous, ghostly figure emerging from the kitchen... I'm having trouble breathing now, I'm so scared!
Suddenly I'm in my bed, drenched in sweat. ' It's just a dream, just a dream' I tink..... wait a moment, my door's lying on the floor, smashed up....
Term 4 Goals:
-Do well in cross country
-Do well in athletics
-Do well in outdoor ED week
Darby The Skiing Dragon.
It was a bleak, windy day in the manager's office at Ohau Ski Field when he heard and FELT the ground around him
I Got My New GoPro!
Last Friday I got my new GoPro, the Hero 5 Black! I'd been saving FOREVER! I broke my previous GoPro in late July, when I had it mounted on my scooter. I then went to Harvey Norman to try get a refund. I had to wait a few weeks to know if I would get my money back. It turns that I did! I used my refund($220) to go towards my new GoPro. So far, I really like my new one, because it has a touchscreen on the back and it has very good slow motion. I am going to use it to make more YouTube videos. The next GoPro related item I'm going to buy is the Karma Grip. It is the gimbal off the Karma Drone that you connect to a Grip which has controls for your GoPro. It uses image stabilisation to make your video buttery smooth.
Water Challenge
The Benefits of Drinking Water -
I always drink water so this challenge will be very easy. I think that for people who drink sugary drinks this challenge will be quite hard because the water wouldn't taste like anything, and most sugary drinks are flavoured.
Questions for Smaug Attacks
Who is the main character in this description?
Smaug the Dragon is the main character.
How do we know that the description in fantasy?
It is fantasy because dragons are not real and they do not attack villagers firing arrows at it.
What do you think is the writers purpose in this description?
To make the readers feel like this was in the old days, because nowadays people would use shotguns and tasers instead of bows and arrows.
As the dragon attacks the town, which of his actions do you find the most exciting?
When the dragon swoops down into all the arrows and shoots all the fire at the houses.
Did you enjoy reading this description? Why or Why Not?
I enjoyed reading this because it was action packed and had heaps of action words.
Cool Antarctica Facts:
If Antarctica's ice sheets melted, the worlds oceans would rise by 60 to 65 meters (200 - 210ft) - everywhere.
16/ Antarctica is the only continent with no native species of ants.
Scott Base was made in 1957 as a science and environmental base for scientists. Scott Base is owned by New Zealand and is named after British explorer Captain Robert Scott.
http://www.antarcticanz.govt.nz/scott-base
Antarctica is located at the bottom of the globe. It contains the geographic south pole and magnetic south pole. Antarctica is the coldest, driest, and windiest continent and has the highest average elevation of all continents. Antarctica is a desert, with an annual rain fall of 200mm. There are 135 permanent residents, but any where from 1000 to 5000 people go there to the scientific research stations.
The coldest temperature ever recorded on earth was recorded in Vostok Station, in Antarctica. It was -89C degrees.
Here is a link for a weird white spot on google maps in Antarctica:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Antarctica/@-70.1701319,87.8637246,48106m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0xb09dff882a7809e1:0xb08d0a385dc8c7c7!8m2!3d-82.8627519!4d135
http://antarctica.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/50024
My questions for the Antarctic team.
Physical conditions:
It contains the geographic south pole and magnetic south pole. Antarctica is the coldest, driest, and windiest continent and has the highest average elevation of all continents. Antarctica is a desert, with an annual rain fall of 200mm.
What I found interesting about the video:
I thought it was cool that we get to go to Antarctica because it would be interesting to to learn what it is like in a very cold climate.
What are you most looking forward to:
I'm looking forward to taking photos and videos there because I could get some good shots and if it would be pretty cool to do some POV shots of doing whatever we need to do down there.
What do you think you will learn:
I think I will learn about Antarctic wildlife and how to survive in such a harsh climate.
Write a description of what should be the TAS ambassador and it's name:
I think it should be one of the Dojo monsters we made in Sewing Tech. We should choose
What I Cook At Home.
I don't cook at home very much at all, but I usually just
I could see the skin all cankered and worm-eaten, as though maggots were working away in there.
What I Already Know:
- It is South of New Zealand.
- The geographic and magnetic south poles are in it.
- It is a desert because it is very dry and it hardly rains.
- It had the coldest temperature in it, -89.2 degrees.
- Someone drove a tractor to the south pole.
- An Air New Zealand plane crashed into Mt Erebus.
Info I wasn't aware ofWhat I Already Know About Antarctica:
- It is South of New Zealand.
- The geographic and magnetic south poles are in it.
- It is a desert.
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- It had the coldest temperature in it, -89.2 degrees.
- Someone drove a tractor to the south pole.
What I Already Know About Dairy Farms:Term 3 Evaluation
In term 3 I liked Snow Club because it was something new, and because I got better at skiing. I really enjoyed P.E be
Important Information My Baby-Sitter Needs To Know.
To Baby-sitter, I am allergic to Dairy, Nuts, Gluten, and Pollen. I am anaphylactic to Peanuts, Hazel nuts and Milk. I carry around two EpiPens, and if I get bad hay fever then I have antihistamine tablets.
Something I Learned Outside of School.
I have learned how to make good movies outside of school. When I got my first GoPro I started to make home-movies, for relatives, or for school, or to show my friends, and, lately, for competitions. I usually use Movie Maker to create them, but since I downloaded GoPro Studio, Iv'e been using that.
But, unfortunately, I had my GoPro mounted on my scooter, and when I took it off, the left mounting nut snapped off! I was really disappointed, so I took it in to Harvey Norman, where I bought it, and they said they could either refund it, or put it onto another
The Digi Awards
The Canterbury Digi Awards is a competition for making movie making, green-screen, and a few other 'techy' categories. The organizer of the event usually doesn't let schools out of Christchurch enter, but the organizer saw one of my movies and said that TAS could enter!
I entered in the Movie Making category, and this year the theme was 'Be The Change'. I did a movie called Shop Local. A few weeks ago my Mum and I went to Burnside High school for the awards ceremony. There was a HUGE amphitheatre, and I got called onto the stage, and got SECOND, out of Heaps of entries! I won a load of Mars bars and a certificate, and my Mum got a drink bottle and some pens because we were from Twizel.
I wanted to enter next year but I then realised that the age groups end at year 8! I recommend that anyone that's into Movie making, Digital Sandpit, Digital Art, Website Creation or Green screen from year 1-8 should enter this!
What Is Cool About T.A.S.
In Term 3 I Have Been STRIVING in...
Skiing. At the start of the ski season I wasn't all that good at ski turns, so I wanted to get learn how to improve my turns and posture when I skiing.
I have also been striving in Options. I am doing Spanish in Options and at the start of the Semester I really wanted to learn it because I knew I got a lot out of learning German last year. So far I have quite a lot from online courses and websites.
Adios! -Daniel
The History of Electricity.
The first paragraph in my DEAR book just now is...
Light breezes swept the dunes of Turtle Beach. Gentle gusts that spun eddies in the bone-white sand before whistling into the dark woods beyond.
The sky was enormous, black and moonless. Though well past sun-set, the air remained muggy, thick and warm. Another quiet night on Loggerhead. But not business as usual.
Spelling Test Today:
I got 9/10 words correct today. This is the word I'm still working on is......
Development
Accomplish
Calendar
Changeable
Criticise
Development
Disappear
I Accomplished my school project.
I bought a Calendar for $10.
The weather at Ohau is Changeable.
I had to Criticize their food.
My Opinion On Having Italian Students.
I enjoyed having Italian students because I learnt a bit of Italian culture and language. I think that the school should continue doing this.
My Science work this term
In science at the start of the term we were learning about the mission to go to mars.
A few weeks ago we were told to chose ANY experiment and do it, either in a pair or by yourself. I chose to test 4 different ways to make diamonds. I got the instructions off the internet, I wanted to know if they would work and make diamonds. After a while I chose not to test one of the ways because I'm sure it's fake.
The 2.62-carat diamond Calvin Mills bought his fiancée in November is a stunner. Pear-shaped and canary-yellow, the gem cost $22,000. A bargain. Mills, the chief executive officer of CMC Technology Consulting in Baton Rouge, La., says he could have spent tens of thousands more on a comparably sized diamond mined out of the earth, but his came from a lab. “I got more diamond for less money,” says the former Southern University football player, who proposed last year at halftime during one of his alma mater’s games at the Superdome in New Orleans.
While man-made gems make up just a fraction of the $80 billion global diamond market, demand is increasing as buyers look for stones that are cheaper—and free of ethical taint. Human-rights groups, with help from Hollywood, have popularized the term “blood diamonds” to call attention to the role diamond mining has played in fueling conflicts in Africa.
Unlike imitation diamonds such as cubic zirconia, stones that are “grown” (the nascent industry’s preferred term) in labs have the same physical characteristics and chemical makeup as the real thing. They’re made from a carbon seed placed in a microwave chamber with methane or another carbon-containing gas and superheated into a glowing plasma ball. That creates particles that crystallize into diamonds, a process that can take 10 weeks. The technology has progressed to the point that experts need a machine to tell synthesized gems apart from those extracted from mines or rivers.
What I Know About Italy.
I know that Italians are very good at skiing. They are also good at making pasta, and making pizza.
Italy is shaped like a boot and is in Europe. Italy's flag is green, white and red. There are 53 million people in Italy, 13 times more that NZ.
In Italy there is the leaning tower of Pisa
My Book
I am reading The Elementia Chronichles, by Sean Fay Wolfe. I'm up to page 175 and, so far, it's been a pretty good read. It is an unofficial
In the Moment
I am an Olympic Trampoliner.
I could hear the crowd shouting and cheering, as I stood on the Trampoline.
I could see the stadium packed with people.
I could taste the salty tang of nervous in my mouth.
I could smell the Brazilian pollution.
I could feel the trampoline material under my feet.
All About Me
In my spare time I like to take photos and videos on my GoPro and I love to edit them. I also like to do big jumps on anything, such as bikes, skis, scooters or practically anything with wheels.
Snow Club
On Friday I went to Ohau to go skiing. I was really nervous because I hadn't done snow club before. But luckily the snow was great and the skiers got free time first. I got some good footage on my GoPro as well.
TERM 2
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Calling all Kids!!! Today at 1.30 pm!!!
Are you Bored? Sick of Being Stuck inside? Well, come to Kids Badminton at the Events Centre!!! 1.30pm To 2.30pm Today!!!
Ages: 8+ Years
Cost: $3
TELL YOUR FRIENDS!!!
TODAY ONLY!
This Semester
The best things this Semester was:
- Camp
- P.E
- The Play
What I'm looking forward to...Snow Club, Going to Australia.
Art this term and last term.
In art I like to doodle and paint. I liked the Graffiti project but I stuffed up. Cool.
What happened this term:
Duntroon
Oamaru Museums
Corbyn leaving.
Bishal leaving.
What I want to win in a Raffle.
Matariki is the Māori name for the cluster of stars also known as the Pleiades. It rises in mid-winter – late May or early June. For many Māori, it heralds the start of a new year. Matariki literally means the 'eyes of god' (mata ariki) or 'little eyes' (mata riki)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matariki
Matariki celebration; kite festival. Auckland, 2015
The Museum Mystery
It all started when I was in the museum basement using my camera on black and white mode. On the screen it showed a small square hatch in the wall. It appeared that someone had tried to cover it up but only in vain. I wandered over to the small door, invisible to the naked eye. Pushing on it, I hear it creaking. I give it a shove and it slowly opens inwards. It looks big enough to fit me so I wriggle into inside. There is a small tunnel before it opens into a full-blown cavern! I stood up in it and looked around in awe. I was standing in a octagonal chamber. Suddenly I felt my feet slipping from the from the floor. It was a Zero-Gravity Hall!
Duntroon Winter Sports Day
The day started with a bitter cold morning with frost on the ground. After roll call in the MP room some of the room 15 students trudged out to one of the small vans. Just as we were leaving, Nathaniel turned up running after the van! luckily we spotted him in time and he was numbered and put inside our van. After about half an hour the windows thawed enough for us to see out of them.
Once in Duntroon, we clambered out onto the school grounds. We were assembled on the courts and told where we had to go. First up for me was Soccer. We played a game and the goals were facing away from each other! I thought it was quite fun. Next it was Taekwondo and I learned two kinds of punches and two kicks. After that it was golf. We had to cross the road to get there because it was on the soccer fields. We had to hit targets in partners and see who could get closest. Then lunch and then netball.
Overall, I thought it was a really cool day.
To see what we did in the vans, click this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgzTQechVlA
What I thought of the museums
Forrester Gallery - I thought it was a pretty good start to the trip with some really intriguing items from refugees like a protest shirt and a bracelet made of drain pipe!
North Otago - It was a bit cramped but they still got some cool stuff in there like a few printing presses and some greenstone tools.
Oamaru Prehistoric World - Prehistoric World was my favourite museum because it had lots of really cool exhibits such as a Harley Davidson, a red Tyrannosaurus Rex and a lots of metal people and wolf-men.
Duntroon Vanished world - The curator of this museum, John Hore, came in on a day when it was closed to open it for us to
The Place I Would Most Like to Live
Would be Fiordland because it is cold and isolated and I love that. And I would go swimming in the water as well. And I would have a pet seal. I would name him Freddy. I would have a little Bach on the beach and go fishing, hunting and gold panning.
My 4 questions:
North Otago Museum: What is the most expensive item in your collection?Forrester Art gallery:How often do artists bring stuff in?
Oamaru prehistoric world: How do you get the bones?
Duntroon Fossil world: Where do you get the fossil stone from?
I took this photo on the way to Oamaru:
The naughtiest thing I have ever done:
At my 11th birthday party, someone got me a Frisbee ring and we were throwing it around in the greenway, when I threw onto someone's roof. So Jack A and I climbed through a hole in their fence. I suggested that we should check their garage for a ladder (P.S we didn't know the owners). I tried the handle and it clicked open. I pushed it fully open and looked around for a ladder with Jack. There was one leaning against the far wall, so I carried it over to the side of the house. Jack steadied the ladder while I scrambled up their roof to the top and grabbed my Frisbee. I threw it down and quickly climbed down the ladder. We put it back in the garage and ran back to my house.
What I would like to learn about.
This is my fave ad at the moment:
This is my fave song:
The Prince and the Albatross Egg 1994.
The video conference began with a girl from Halfway Bush School explaining the nesting habits at the Royal Albatross colony at the Otago Peninsula.
Prince Charles arrived and sat down quietly amongst the Wellington children and listened. Then he took a microphone and began asking questions.
"What is the wing-span of the adult Albatross?"
"Up to three point five metres," they all answered together.
"And how big is an Albatross Egg?"
The Dunedin children held one up in front of the Television camera. The Prince noted that it was very big - No room for 2 eggs in an Albatross nest.
Then came an unexpected Royal question.
"Can you eat an Albatross egg, do you think?"
There was a long silence. No one in New Zealand would think of eating a Royal Albatross egg. There are only a few nesting pares in New Zealand, and we are carefully protecting them. But other Albatross eggs? On sub-Antarctic islands where they are common?
Nobody knew the answer - except me. I was dying to butt in. I had lived on Albatross and Penguin eggs while teaching in the Falkland islands. Huge eggs that filled a dinner plate, and turned into a heavy transparent jelly when cooked. Eggs with a distinctly fishy flavour .
Good Virtual Museum Links:
My Top 10 Fave Things to do.
You Chose:
How to Play Agar.io
This a cool video a found.
Term 2 goals
TERM 1
Term 1 Summary
This term kicked off with camp. I'm sure everyone had a blast, even if the tramp was harder than last year with two nights.
Next there was the Harold van, which taught us about drugs and what they can do to your body and mind.
Then came Nukes, Easter holiday and, finally, End of term clean up!
Overall I think term 1 has been pretty awesome!
Term 1 Goals:
-Learn how to do multiplication algorithms.
-Try to get lots of Class Dojo points.
-To get high test scores.
My likes and dislikes
Likes:
Dislikes:
I am the oldest in my family.
What's annoying about being the oldest is that whenever you want to go somewhere with your friends your brother always has to come with you. Last year I'd go to the bmx track at the river, and Mum said that Jamie had to go with me. I get
I took the tree test and
What type of tree would you be?
Your Result: Pine
86%
You are somewhat of a loner, but when you do make a friend, it lasts a long time. You stay green all year?? You are a bit prickly at times but overall a good person.
62%Redwood
54%Maple
50%Palm
48%Oak
This song is about trees.
The sacred tree at Uppsala was a sacred tree located at the Temple at Uppsala, Sweden, in the second half of the 11th century. It is not known what species it was, but a scholar has suggested that it was a yew tree.[1][2]
It is even more sparsely documented than the famous temple by which it stood. In the 1070s, the writer of a scholium in Adam of Bremen's Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum explained:
- Near that temple is a very large tree with widespread branches which are always green both in winter and summer. What kind of tree it is nobody knows. There is also a spring there where the pagan are accustomed to perform sacrifices and to immerse a human being alive. As long as his body is not found, the request of the people will be fulfilled.[3]
The description of the tree and the location of a well nearby are reminiscent of the evergreen, Yggdrasil, which stood above the Well of Urd, and it is possible that the Swedes consciously had created a copy of the world of their Norse gods at Uppsala.[4]Image showing the sacred tree to the right of the temple, from Olaus Magnus' Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus (1555). To the right of the tree is a depiction of a man being sacrificed in the spring.
The later Icelandic source, Hervarar saga, contains a description of how the tree was used in the pagan rites, concerning an event taking place only a few years after the scholium was written. It is in reference to the ancientIndo-European ritual of horse sacrifice:
Yggdrasil (/ˈɪɡdrəsɪl/ or /ˈɪɡdrəzɪl/; from Old Norse Yggdrasill, pronounced [ˈyɡːˌdrasilː]) is an immense mythical tree that connects the nine worlds in Norse cosmology.
Yggdrasil is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. In both sources, Yggdrasil is an immense ash tree that is central and considered very holy. The gods go to Yggdrasil daily to assemble at their things. The branches of Yggdrasil extend far into the heavens, and the tree is supported by three roots that extend far away into other locations; one to the well Urðarbrunnr in the heavens, one to the spring Hvergelmir, and another to the well Mímisbrunnr. Creatures live within Yggdrasil, including the wyrm (dragon) Níðhöggr, an unnamed eagle, and the stags Dáinn, Dvalinn, Duneyrr and Duraþrór.
Conflicting scholarly theories have been proposed about the etymology of the name Yggdrasill, the possibility that the tree is of another species than ash, the relation to tree lore and to Eurasian shamanic lore, the possible relation to the treesMímameiðr and Læraðr, Hoddmímis holt, the sacred tree at Uppsala, and the fate of Yggdrasil during the events of Ragnarök.
The égig érő fa ("sky-high tree"), also called életfa ("tree of life"), világfa ("world tree"), or tetejetlen fa ("tree without a top"), is an element of Hungarian shamanism and native faith, and a typical element of Hungarian folk art and folk tales, and also a distinct folk tale type.
Several of these tales have versions in the Transylvanian, German, Romanian, Romani, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian,Turkish and other cultures in Asia, but the origin of the Hungarian tales goes back to the táltos traditions of Hungarians. The "táltosok" (shamans) are the humans who are entitled to climb up the égig érő fa and wander in the seven or nine layers of the sky.
One version of these tale is about the "kiskondás" (small swineherd) who climbs up the tree to save the princess who is held captive by a dragon (as told in the Világhírű Szép Miklós tale). The tree is a frequent element of certain funny tales, in which for example a gypsy climbs up into the heaven and then down into the hell.
The world tree often grows out of a reindeer or a horse. It often carries among its branches the Sun and the Moon. This latter concept is typical of Uralic and Siberian people. The tree often stands on the world mountain, with its top in the sky and its roots in hell, where snakes and toads live. In the tales birds often sit on the tree, for example eagles, hawks or the mythical Hungarian bird, the turul.
The world tree is a motif present in several religions and mythologies, particularly Indo-European religions, Siberian religions, and Native American religions. The world tree is represented as a colossal tree which supports the heavens, thereby connecting the heavens, the terrestrial world, and, through its roots, theunderworld. It may also be strongly connected to the motif of the tree of life.
Specific world trees include világfa in Hungarian mythology, Ağaç Ana in Turkic mythology, Modun in Mongolian mythology, Yggdrasil (or Irminsul) in Germanic (including Norse) mythology, the Oak in Slavic and Finnish mythology, Kien-Mu or Jian-Mu in Chinese mythology, and in Hindu mythology the Ashvattha (a Sacred Fig).
Chinese legend has it that the money tree (搖錢樹) is a kind of holy tree, which can bring money and fortune to the people, and that it is a symbol of affluence, nobility and auspiciousness. It can be traced back to primitive societies when the adoration of a holy tree was prevalent. Whilst Money trees may be derived from the Sun tree myth associated with paradise, the coins link paradise with a material bounty in this world.[1] There also exists a holy tree named Chinese Hibiscus in Chinese mythology. According to the existing historical narratives, the concept of the "money tree" is derived at the latest from the Han Dynasty.[2] Cast-bronze money trees are a conspicuous feature of Han tombs in Sichuan.
What I Thought About Teaching the Students Decimals.
I think I did alright as a teacher, but I'm not sure all of the students paid attention.
The Nukes captured me almost as soon as they started strumming their ukuleles and singing. The first song was my favourite, because the sound was so deep and captivating. I was bewildered by the fast ukulele playing. I think Ben won, but the judges picked Snapper instead!
To sum it up, it was absolutely AMAZING!!!
Easter to me was when my Aunty, Uncle and their children come to and stay at my house and we go jet boating at the lake. We have an easter egg hunt and a bar of chocolate under my pillow.
Easter to me this year is staying in our tent on the lawn with my cousins, chocolate and biscuiting.
I think it will be a lot of fun and I hope I get a go the skis at Lake Ruataniwha. Iv'e done a few times and it's really exciting!
The perfect easter for me would be an easter egg hunt in the trees on and around Man-Made Hill, jet boating and then going to the Club in the evening.
Competition entry for "my region"
My Photo:
My favourite place in New Zealand is the Ahuriri valley. I went there with my Dad earlier in the year, and stayed in our tent. There was lightning and thunder clapping over our heads, the roar of the river and the crickets chirping loudly beside our ears. At four in the morning I woke up and watched the clouds whizzing past. When the moon came out, it illuminated the entire landscape around me.
I shot this photo two days later, further up the valley. I tried to get the plants in the foreground and the mountains in, so it looked more like a nature photo.
My favourite colour is purple.
My favourite tv show is The Middle.
My favourite food is tuna and bacon.
My favourite thing to do is take photos and videos on my Gopro and edit them on my computer.
In the weekend I went to Oamaru to get a blood test for my allergies, and then bought clothes and stayed at my Nana's house, while my grandparents weren't there. The next day my brother and I went to the skate-park instead of following Mum around in Farmers. After that we went back home for lunch.
Later on we went to the park down the hill to kick a ball around. We all took turns being goalie and I twisted my ankle when I dived to save a shot by my Brother. Then we wandered to the playground and I went down the big tunnel slide when it was dark. Next we went to Dick Smith and my Mum bought me an SP Remote Pole for my Gopro (Oliver will probably know what this is), so I guess it was a pretty good way to spend the weekend and, also, the weather was great!
My Tramp with Dad
TAN 31st March 2016
It's after school on Friday and my Dad and I are driving up the rough Ahuriri valley over the potholes, ditches and ruts in the gravel road. About 7 kms before the Ahuriri Base Hut there's a sign that says The Road Beyond this Point is not Maintained by the Council. The road gets rougher and rougher until we have to drive along a dry river bed and then, finally I can see the hut that we're are going to stay at.
I go inside the hut and sign the visitors book, then I go and have a look at the fallen, smashed-up rotten trees out the back of the hut. One of them has fallen so close to the hut that the corner of the roof is bent. First we set up the tent in front of the hut beside the truck, so that we have a windbreak, encase the wind gets up in the night.
Next,we set up the gas cooker on the deck outside the hut. We fry up some tempeh, rice and tuna. I walk down the rutted track to the fence and then in a turn three hundred and sixty degree circle, to look at the mountains. I can see all the way down the valley to the Omarama hills. I turn the other way and I can see the black clouds brewing at the head of the valley, and it doesn't take much brain power to imagine it's pouring down up there.
By the time I get back to the hut, Dad's made me a hot chocolate. I wrap my hands around the hot cup and take a sip.
Every time the lightning flashes, it lights up the tent and I count until I hear the thunder. Usually the time difference was around 15 seconds but one time it was only about 6 seconds.
The next morning we have breakfast and the pack our bags with all the gear we will need for the tramp. After about half an hour sorting through food and water, we set off in the truck towards a sign that says Top Dingle Burn Hut, 3 hrs. Dad says "I think we'll walk to the top of the ridge and then we will decide if we'll go down to the hut."
Instead of walking up to the trees we drove up there over the tussock to a gate with a sign on it that says Top Dingle Burn Hut,2 hrs 15 mins."Wow!" I say "we've saved 45 minutes". After a few minutes we start walking, straight into a steep hill and after 30 seconds my calf's are burning!
Half way up the Ahuriri side of the ridge, we stop for a break and a barley sugar. I take some photos of the view and then I turn around and all I see is mountain, mountain, mountain. I feel boosted up as I start climbing again, but almost straight away the track goes into a very steep section of the track, with a scree slide covering the track from where I'm standing to the next corner, which is about 150 metres away. As I'm scrambling across the scree, the wind swirls around at breakneck speed, so I crouch down and slump into the rocks, so that the wind doesn't blow me over the cliff twenty centimetres to my left. Once the wind has died down I continue across the scree.
Fifteen minutes later I can see the last stretch of the path leading to the top of the ridge. I power walk the last hundred metres, then as I come over the top I get blasted with wind so I run to a ditch and lay down out of the wind. Dad comes over and we make some lunch out of leftovers from last night and bread. Iv'e never eaten a sandwich that tasted so good before.
After lunch I put on a hunting jacket, woolly hat, and thermals because the howling wind is absolutely FREEZING! Dad and I walk along the ridge until we find a sheltered spot to lay down on the bouncy bushes that cover the entire place. Dad gets out the binoculars and hands them to me, then he unfurls a map of the area and we figure out which peaks are which on the map. Most of the time we can tell which is which but sometimes we have to use the binos to spot if a mountain across the valley is behind or in front of another mountain. Only some of the peaks had names like Mt St Mary or Puke Makariri, but most of them were just a dot with a height beside it on our topographical map.
We're halfway down the mountain and I'm taking a drink from a drink from a small creek that runs nearly from the top of the hill to the bottom. By the time it gets to the bottom it'll be a lot bigger though. The front of my thighs are burning from a couple of hours of downhill tramping with a heavy pack on my back. The trees at the bottom are so close they're almost a stone's throw away, so I power the rest of the way to the trees.
After finding a suitable spot to set up the tent Dad went and collected some big rocks to act as a wind break for our little gas cooker. Meanwhile, I unpack our sleeping bags and mats, and set them up inside inside the tent. After that I got dinner on and we ate while sitting on our packs.
After dinner I read in the tent on my sleeping mat for about half an hour, then we got out and I had a hot chocolate while Dad had a cup of tea. Next we went up the mound beside the tent and had a look up though the trees at the mountain we climbed. I wonder back down to the tent and get into my sleeping bag before Dad does, but I'm asleep by the time he comes in.
I wake to the sound of the river 80 metres away. I lie in for a while, before Dad wakes up and heads outside. I follow him and, somehow he's managed to put a pot of water on the cooker in the thirty seconds it took me to get out of the tent. Dad tells me to go and cut off a 'v' shaped branch from a tree. It takes a while but eventually I get one suitable for toasting bread. I balance the bread on the stick and hold it above the cooker, frequently checking it encase it burns. Once it's done, it's really just heated bread, but it's better that nothing. I spread some jam on the next bit of toast and it makes it taste a bit better. After that I suggest that we should toast a muesli bar. It tasted really nice with a crunchy outside and a gooey inside. Then we pack up the tent and start stuffing our things back in our packs for the walk down to the truck. That was the story of my tramp and hope you enjoyed it!
I am not going on camp and tramp so I will go on my own tramp with my dad up the Ahuriri valley and I will sleep two nights in a tent.
Hello everyone and welcome to my 2016 wiki page!!
In science we are learning about pendulums and we are timing the swings.
THAT Letter...
Last year I got given THAT letter, and when I got home I left on the bench, so that my Mum could "Accidently" find it. When she did find it, she asked me when it was and I just told her to read it.